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eton

Where other prominent atheists fall in the 'Criticism of Islam' discussion

So in the past few weeks there has been much discussion of the Maher & Harris vs Affleck exchange. It has been interesting seeing prominent atheists disagree about the topic.

I wanted to compose a list of where atheists stand* in this argument.

Islam is more harmful than other religions (when it comes to human rights violations, or have defended Maher/Harris)

  • Bill Maher
  • Sam Harris
  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali
  • Terry Firma
  • Hemant Mehta

Islam is like any other religion (when it comes to human rights violations, or criticized Maher/Harris)

  • Cenk Uygur
  • Adam Ericksen
  • CJ Werleman

If you have others who have chimed in, comment and I'll keep the list updated.

Edit: wrong word

Posted Oct 13, 2014, 7:52 PM UTC · edited

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dumnezeroIrreligious•

things to put on my "what things to not make lists of" list

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ncm3t4lAnti-Theist•

I wanted to compose a list of where atheists fall in this argument.

You'll need to find at least one example as there are none.

no atheist has ever "falled" in the criticism of this stupid, barbaric religion... or any other for that matter.

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etonOP•

Corrected.

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monkeyswithgunsmumAtheist•

There's no party line for atheists. Except for the one fact.

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etonOP•

True. My own atheism is derived from what is the most logical and observed. With this discussion, I think I'm interested because it doesn't seem clear cut as to which side is the logical one. And one side has to be more logical than the other, it seems like the positions are mutually exclusive. One side is wrong! haha

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